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A More Perfect Heaven with Dava Sobel | CfA Copernicus is the man who turned the universe inside out, placing the Sun and not the Earth at the center of our solar system. Renowned author Dava Sobel, whose works include "Longitude," "Galileo's Daughter," "The Planets," and "A More Perfect Heaven," presents excerpts from her new play "And the Sun Stood Still" with astronomy historian Owen Gingerich in the role of Copernicus.Author(s): No creator set